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单词 quatreble
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Definition of quatreble in English:

quatreble

noun ˈkwatrəbl
historical
  • Early Music. In improvised descant: a voice part pitched higher than the treble, beginning and ending a twelfth above the plainsong. Compare quinible. Now historical.

Origin

Late Middle English (in an earlier sense). From Anglo-Norman quatreble fourfold, variant of quadruple quadruple, either after treble or after quatre four. The some forms could alternatively be explained as alterations of quadruple after -ible.

 
 

Definition of quatreble in US English:

quatreble

nounˈkwatrəbl
historical
  • Early Music. In improvised descant: a voice part pitched higher than the treble, beginning and ending a twelfth above the plainsong. Compare quinible. Now historical.

Origin

Late Middle English (in an earlier sense). From Anglo-Norman quatreble fourfold, variant of quadruple quadruple, either after treble or after quatre four. The some forms could alternatively be explained as alterations of quadruple after -ible.

 
 
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